Banks ranked by return on equity in the UK 2014

This statistic shows a ranking of the five leading banks in the United Kingdom (UK), ranked by the return on equity value. Results are displayed for the full financial year of 2014. In that time RBS was ranked highest, with 8 percent return on equity.

Leading United Kingdom (UK) banks ranked by the return on equity as of full financial year 2014

Characteristic	Return on equity
RBS	8%
Standard Chartered	7.8%
HSBC	7.3%
Lloyds	3%
Barclays	0.2%

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Release date

April 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Full financial year 2014

Supplementary notes

The source adds that the figure: "Represents return on average shareholder’s equity for all banks except for RBS, which represents return on tangible equity, and Lloyds which reports return on required equity. SCB presents RoE on an underlying basis. "
Return on equity is understood as the net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. It is a meaure of the profitability on investment.

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